Hamsters & Cats

Hi all,

I'm a new cat owner, I adopted my gorgeous Villy from a shelter yesterday. She's 7, and black and white. She's settling in really well so far. My only concern is my hamster, will Villy try to eat him? I will not tempt fate my leaving them alone in a room together, and the hamster is in a secure cage.
Does any one have any tips or advice?
Jess

Keep her fed...

But seriously, not all cats like to eat little furry things. Most do or at least I would assume so.. Maybe you could watch them for awhile and see how things go and if she pays much attention to the cage. I would suggest introducing them, but I would feel terrible if one became a snack... a cat is a very filling meal for a little hampster!

My cats never bothered my daughters hamster even when she would get out of her cage, they would just point her out to me to catch her. Hamsters have a pretty mean bite and can usually take care of themselves (as long as we are not talking about a dwarf) unfornately they can't defend themselves against 3 large dogs.

Welcome to the site!

I'll move your question to the Behavior forum.

hi,

Thank you so much for your advice, it has helped put my mind at rest.
Yes, the hamster is a syrian hamster, he has a great set of teeth, as I had the misfortune to encounter when trying to dissuade him from eating a piece of lettuce! (poisonous to him) He is also definately not a vegetarian as his favourite food is chicken! Villy had better watch out!

Hi & welcome to TCS!!!!!!

I personally wouldn't leave them alone together and take a chance of either getting hurt

My former roommate had a rat and a cat at one point. Apparently the rat bit the cat on the nose, and the cat learned that while it was fun to watch the rat from a distance, she didn't want to get too close.

Kittens and furry things raised up together seldom become prey and predator, but the older the cat is, the more inclined they are to hunt anything small that squeaks. Keep a close eye out on both of them. Somewhere I have a photo of one of my kittens that was raised in the midst of guinea pigs, but we started early and Franklin learned that they were friends, not food-

My cats won't mess with my rats, but I do have to watch them with the mice.